The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-29 00:00:00

e - nt on the amendment which h ad been moved b y his Noble Friend r( h t e Earl of Roden) ri.posite, an instruction to the Committee, " that tl - ey should limit the relief to be afforded under this Bill to orphans or persons of tender age, and those who from age or bodily infirmity were unable to support themselves." The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that, as the question had not been put, it was not competent for his Noble Friend to adopt the course he had taken. The Earl of lIADDINGTON did not think an amendment could be moved on an amendment by the rules of that House. Viscount MELBOURNE believed it was not an unusual course in the other House of Parliament, but the inconvenier.ces resulting from it was that no one knew on what the division took place. Lord HOLLAND considered the course taken by his Noble Friend clearly irregular. The two amendments must, to be in order, relate to the same subject matter, which was not the case here. Lord KENYON suggested that the way to get rid of the difficulty would be by withdrawing the first amendment. After some further conversation as to the form of proceeding, Iho Earl of RODEN withdre A his amendment. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then proposed his instruction by way of amendment to the original motion. Lord ELLENBUROUGH thought that as the motion of the Noble Marquis applied to the 41st clause, it would be time enough to make it when they came to that part of the Bill. Perhaps it would remove all objection if the 41st clause were first proceeded with, postponing the preamble and the other clauses until the motion of the Noble Marquis was decided. Earl STANHOPE suggested that the more convenient time would be to go into the question on the clause being put. Lord LYNDHURST thought the better way would be to come to the 41st clause at once, to v. hich the motion of the Noble Marquis was intended as an amendment. Some further conversation then ensued, the result of which was that the Marquis of Clanricarde consented to withdraw his amendment. The 1-lou.e then resolved itself into Committee, the Earl of SitArrcs litlßV in the Chair. On the question that the preamble be postponed, Earl FITZWILLIA :NI did not mean to object to the postponement of the preamble; but be rose because he thought that the fitting oppor tunity to state his views with respect to the alterations which their Lordships ought to make in the Bill. The Commissioners who admi. nistered the poor-laws in England and Wales were also to have the management of the Irish poor-laws, but he doubted whether some alteration should not be made in the preamble in this respect. The Noble Earl then read the preamble which he should wish to substitute, hut said that he would not press it at present, but content himself with proposing an amendment to the first clause. The preamble was then postponed. On the first clause being put, The Earl of WICKLOW wished to know from the Noble Viscount opposite how this measure was to be carried into execution after the powers of the Commissioners, which would, cease at the end of five years from their appointment, had expired, and what security the people of Ireland would have that those powers would be renewed at the end of that time. Lord MELBOURNE said that the measure would be passed in the full confidence that the Commissioners would be continued beyond the five years; and as to the security to which the Noble Earl alluded, it consisted in the general approbation with which the conduct of the Com missioners was viewed by the country.—(Hear, hear.) A Noble LORD denied that this would be any security, as it was well known that there was a large body of persons in the country who disapproved of the conduct of the Commissioners. The Marquis of SALISBURY observed that as no term of years was specified in the Bill it would seem as if the Commissioners were to be perpetuaL The Earl FITZ WILLIAM said that it was his intention to propose the omission of the first clause, for the purpose of introducing a clause to the following effect :—" Be it enacted, that the Poor-law Commis sioners for the time being shall be the Commissioners for carrying this Act into execution, and that the Poor-law Commissioners shall be em powered, and they are hereby empowered, to form districts or unions in Ireland, for the relief of the disabled and destitute poor, and that in the formation of such districts or unions no regard shall be paid to the present boundaries of baronies and parishes, except so far as convenience is concerned, and that no town land shall be divided, but in all cases be included in one or other of such districts or unions." The Noble Earl said he did not agree with those Noble Lords who thought that poor saws for Ireland could not be managed by the English Com missioners ; for his decided opinion on the contrary was that they were the most proper parties to administer those laws, provided a subordinate Board of Commissioners was appointed, who should sit in Dublin, and be invested with full discretion, in all but extreme cases. He would then propose that all the clauses up to the 41st should be postponed. He would also substitute the word " almshouses" for " workhouses," and strike out the word " destitute" wherever it occurred before the word " poor."—(Hear, hear.) Lord FITZGERALD suggested that instead of " almshouses" the word " poorhouses" should be inserted: Earl FITZ WILLIAM had no objection to adopt the suggestion of the Nobie Lord. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY observed that he was afraid that the Noble Earl (Fitzwilliam), whom he had hitherto looked upon as a sincere friend of Ireland, was, from the way in which he appeared to take up this Bii/, rather a snake in the grass.—(areat laughter.) lie :the Marquis of Londonderry) considered this Bill to be one of the most abominable measures that ever was introduced into their Lord ships' House.—(A laugh.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE was in favour of discussing the first clause at the present moment. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE hoped their Lordships would post pone the clauses up to 41 for the present. Lord FITZGERALD then moved that the clauses in question should be postponed ; and, After a few words from Earl STANHOPE their Lordships divided, when there appeared— Contents. Non-contents 4 Majority ---9 On our re-admission we found Earl FITZ VITILLIA?4 on his legs, proposing the adoption of the word " poorhouses" roc " workhouses." The Earl of WINCHILSEA suggested that they should first dispose of any amendment their Lordships might have to introduce respecting the word Commissioners." Earl STAN HOPE then moved to leave out all the words after the word " that," and to insert words to the following effect That it shall and may be lawful for the vestry of every parish to set to work, and to relieve by a rate, all such persons as shall be unable to support them selves by their own industry." A desultory conversation then arose as to which amendment should be first disposed of, when Lord BROUGHAM suggested to the Xoble Earl whether it would not be better first to discuss the point as to the " Commissioners." Earl STANI4OPEN amendment was then put, and negatived without a division. The Earl of WINCHILSEA then moved to strike out the words, " three Commissioners." After a few words from Lord KENYON, the Noble Earl, however, withdrew his motion. Earl FITZ WILLIAM then proposed to leave out the word "desti tute" wherever it occurred in the clause after the word " poor" ; to change the word " workhouses" into " almshouses ;" and to insert words confining the relief to the blind, the lame, and in the case of men of of upwards of 50 years, of women upwards of GO years, and of children under 12 :and giving the ratepayers the means of redress from the G car ,dians, in any cases where they might have reason to complain that the relief was wrongly applied, &c. The Noble Earl then proceeded to say that he had the greatest objection to the principle of extending relief to file 4.51 e-bodied. His firm belief was that the effect of this Bill would he disAttrous to the people of Ireland, and on that ground it was that Jae opposed it. His opinion was that the whole of the rate ought to be placed on the landlord, and for this and the other reasons he had stated app proposed the amendment. Lord WYN FORD thought a man had as good a right to relief if his .destitution arose from want of work as if it arose from infirmity. He cooped the Government would be consistent in their proceedings, and he avessald have great pleasure in giving them his support. Lord FITZGERALD and VESEY would be much disposed to provide in the Bill to connect the relief of the poor with the medical charities. Noble Lords might not, perhaps, be aware of the extant of the medical charities in Ireland. In the last year the sums raised for medical pur_ poses under the grand juries ccss amounted to 155,0001., and the n u mber of extern patients was 1,240,000, and the number of intern patients 30,000. He regretted, therefore, that those charities were net connected with the administration of the Guardians under the Bill. Another amendment he would wish to have introduced would be a provi sion for foundling orphans, and he should propose the introduction of such a provision. He could not reconcile the arguments of the sup porters of this Bill with the provisions of the Bill itself. Let not the aupporters of this measure or the Government, suppose that they had done all that was necessary because they had voted a Poor-law.—(Hear) Let them take care that they did not produce consequences tenfold more dangerous to the connection between the two countries, by exciting a very excitable people to a degree much greater than any that at present existed. ile had himself been desirous to propose an amendment to 0u , same effect as that of the Noble Earl, and having for its object to iimi, ' relief to the aged and the destitute. He deeply regretted on this occasi , on to he obliged to differ from the Noble Duke, who was himself the suo.'t distinguished amongst the sons of that country, and whose oninims on all subjects were entitled to the deepest respect. In conc:u- L n, it , et. treated them to pause befote they concurred in a measure to which the fev,Thigs of all classes in Ireland were opposed, and which position to them men of all creeds, parties, and po. wou ld unite in 4 1 jibes.—(Thee" -) V' o rig 11FLI3OVRNE said there was no very great difference be. isc u ~ -. tween the amendment of the Noble Earl and the clause which it pro posed to amend # and if the danger from passing this measure in , its present state was so great, he did not think that danger would be so much averted by the pt. Posed amendment. The Noble Earl who had moved the amendment had stated that wherever he went he had found the strongest feelings of hostility towards this Bill existing. But the Noble Earl should rec-llee that it was not a Bill calculated to be po. pular, as it proposed restraint and enforced discipline. He doubted e_ vhether, at the time when it passed, the 43d of Elizabeth was yea`tmlar. But they were also charged with exciting unfounded e xpectations amongst the people of Ireland. Now it was leopessible that both accusations could be well founded, for i, 'gibe amas ure was unpopular it could not excite la r ge expectations. 1 wa. ` imp os sible that he could concur in the ame ndment of th e No b l Lord:: lie thought that amendment highly injurious to the Bill. Th amen. issiefvt proposed to deny relief to able.bodied labourers , and to co tine relic (to the aged, sick, and impote nt . Th e a mendment appeare -. to bins to hwve been what was originally intended by the 43d of Eliza. b e tli, but they were obliged to extend this operation of that Act, and, if that amendment Passed, they would• find it ittipoisible to carry it into e ff e ct. He thongage was an absurd and an unjust criterion of desti tution, for some wen failed at forty, whilst others were vigorous at sixty ; and, beside:this, he thought that the enume ra ti o n which the Noble Earl hat; attempted would be found very imperfect. He thought that iiving the Boards of Guardians ample discretionary powers, an,l leaving them (..; apply the workhouse test on their own responsibility, would ha the safest means they could take for making the system work beneficially, and at the same time guarding it against abuse.—( Hear, hear.) The report of the Commissioners was certainly an able document # it contained a great many highly valuable suggestions, but it recommended the formation of establishments which could not, he feared, he carried into iffiest without aucurring the risk of confusion. With respect to the clause now under ' consideration, he thought it n:ost prudent to keep it as it stood, arid therefore he could not consent to aci.opt the amendment proposed by his Noble Friend. Lord BROUGHAaI had formed his opinion: from the speeches of two Noble Lords opposite, and he must say up to the resent time their pow. erful and convincing arguments remained totally jinanswered. He ' ,might call the speech of the Noble Viscount what he ple.;;sed; but he eculd not ascribe to it qualities to which it had no pretensions, It did not contain a single shadow of reasoning which could be regarded ai an answer to the arguments used by Noble Lords on the other side, and yet, notwithstanding this, the Noble Viscount had arrived at a con. elusion which lie was unable to support by argument.—(Hear, hear.) he should, theref, be inclined The subject was an important one, and ore to move an adjournment of the debate, for the purpose of enabling their Lordships to understand both Sides of the question; for it was clear that ahey could not do so at present, inasmuc has they Perhap had heard their only the s Lord arguments on one side.—(Hear, and laughter.) ships were disposed to do as they had done on Monday night—to vote one ,van while the whole of the arguments were the other. His Noble NE w , and Leaned Friend (Lord Lyndhurst) had been silent that night, but e."l.\ ens left d ue were to bh e 4 ,„ 4 ,,, , the reas on was t h at he did no t think it worth his while to jk. _' s i - g0e2k .... his ..able speech of Xopday night remained unan swered. He (Lard Ilrougham, thought Cr, tmoica. ' con tract had been en tered into last time that the reacte pa_ :it up now, and he had se. Cc/Winer expected to he i .,,:f some reasons advanced ~,, - their LordsliipS ~..., 0 ) ..t... ti:;4•Y4',' I.y ought to vote for this clause this night, but no such thing had been done. He really thought that the debate should be adjourned, to enable them to make up their minds, and in order that their decision should carry with it such an appearance of authority as would entitle it to the respect of the country. All the reasoning which had been adduced was against the measure, while there was not the shadow of an argument in its favour, and yet their Lordships were called upon to support it, by a sort of compact or vion, which he supposed to stand —though somewhat tyrannically, he must say—for a reason.— (Hear, hear.) He could not account for the arguments against the Bill remain ing unanswered, in any other way than by concluding that no answer to them had yet beets discovered, for, if there had, could their Lordships doubt that it would have been brogght forward ? Was it not well known that the country for which the measure was intended regarded it in any light rather than that of a boon. But the Noble Viscount cared nothing for this, as he said it did not signify anything to him whether the popular voice was with his measure or not. — (Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and great laughter.) Not only were there no arguments in its favour, but all the petitions which had been presented were against it; and even the Noble Viscount himself had got new light on the subject since Monday night. What did the Noble Viscount then ssy ? Not that he was indifferent about popular opinion. Oh no; but that he thought it most important that his measure should carry with it, not only the voice of that House but of the country.—(Hear, hear.) There was no reconciling the two speeches which the Noble Viscount had made. He agreed with what the Noble Viscount said on Monday night—that it was important that this measure should be carried, if at all, not only by the united voice of Parliament, but in accordance with the wishes of Ireland, where it was to operate, and where it could not be carried into effect unless the people were favourably disposed towards it. With this view he concurred, because it was wise and statesmanlike, but was it not inconsistent with what fell from the Noble Viscount that night ? Their Lordships should recollect that this measure was to be applied to people of Ireland—that it was, perhaps, to regulate their fortunes; and, such being the case, he would defy any Government to carry it into execution, unless the hearts and the hands of the people of that country were ready and willing to assist them. Now he wanted some reasons to enable him to decide whether he ought to support the measure or not) but where was he to get them? At present he had only heard one side of the question.—(Hear.) He thought lie could, by a few short and general words, remedy the defect pointed out by the Noble Earl. They were—" that poor persons who through old age, bodily infirmities, or other causes, shall be unable to support themselves, shall, during such inability, be entitled to relief, and also poor orphans and destitute children." He entreated their Lordships to pause before they 'enacted a measure which Ivould extend re lief to able-bodied persons, and to remember that those who gave them counsel and advice against such a proposition were per sons who knew the condition of the people of Ireland, and whose fate was bound up with the interests of that country. These persons were biased in favour of no one system more than another, but they had a greater advantage still, for they had the experience of Poor-laws in this country for centuries, but more par ticularly during the last fifty or sixty years. The mischievous effects which an indiscriminate system of relief had produced in this country could not he denied, because they had recently been obliged to retrace their steps. What was now proposed was to give to Ireland the same system of Poor-laws which had worked so beneficially in Scotland; and all he could say, in conclusion, was, that nn human legislature was ever cursed with such infatuation as this would be if they rejected the experience they had had both in Scotland and in England in order to give to the people of Ireland all the evils which had accompanied the English Poor-laws.—(Flear, hear.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the adjournment of the debate. Viscount MELBOURNE had no objection that it should be adjourned until Thursday next. The House then resumed, and the Bills on the table having been ad vanced a stage, their Lordships adjourned at one o'clock until Thurs day next. LIEIRS AT LAW, AND NEXT OF KIN.— in answer to numerous enquiries, " THE WEEKLY TRUE SUN" will publish the Advertisements until the Seven Hundred are exhausted, by a column each week. The WEEKLY TRUE SUN is a Large Quarto Paper of Forty Columns, Price 5d., edited by D. W. HARVEY, Esq., to whom communications may be addressed, at the Office, 366, Strand. Orders executed by all Postmasters and News Agents in the United Kingdom. ANTI-SLAVERY. T a MEETING of DELEGATES, held iIL. at BROWN'S HOTEL, on TUESDAY, May 29, 1833, W. T. BLAIR, Esq., in the Chair, The following Preamble and Resolutions were unanimously adopted : The Central Negro Emancipation Committee and the Anti- Slavery Delegates assembled in London have learned with the deepest sorrow that her Majesty's Ministers have succeeded in virtually cancelling and setting aside the solemn decision of the House of Commons for the immediate extinction of the apprentice ship system, thereby continuing for two years to come the crime and the ills of sl(very. They consider it therefore their duty to record the deliberate and unanimous expression of their sentiments in the following resolutions 1. That the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers in trampling on the sacred and acknowledged rights of the negro, and despising the prayers of an united people, exhibits a criminal disregard of every principle by which British and Christian Statesmen should be actu ated, and deserves the severest censure and reprobation of the country. 2. That those Members of the House'of Commons who have sup. ported the Government in their cruel policy in disregard of the opi nions and wishes of their constituents, and in palpable violation of the dictates of humanity and justice, are unworthy of the support of a free and Christian people, 3. That as the recent decision of the House of Commons, by bit terly disappointing the just hopes of the .Negro, has placed in im minent peril the peace and safety of the Colonies, it is necessory to declare their solemn conviction that should any disastrous conse quences ensue, the responsibility will rest upon her Majesty's Mi nisters. 4. That the nation having appealed in vain to the justice of their representatives in behalf of the oppressed, an additional obligation is created, to continue with increased energy the use of every law ful means both in this country and in the colonies, until slavery in reality, as well as in name, is utterly abolished. 5. That with these views they earnestly recommend to their friends and correspondents throughout the country the multiplica tion and affiliation of Anti-Slavery Societies—the circulation of the " British Emancipator," and such other publications as disse minate authentic information, and to be prepared to act upon any emergency that may arise, and to take advantage of every circum stance favouring the advancement of their great object. 6. That Colonial Slavery having been hitherto mainly sustained by a system of bounties and protecting duties, operating greatly to increase the price of colonial produce, and thereby to tax the con sumers of such produce to the amount of more than three millions per annum, it is the duty of abolitionists, in connection with other means, especially to diffuse correct information upon this important subject, with a view to the removal of one of the principal impedi ments to the accomplishment of immediate emancipation. 7. That the sincere tharfks of this body be tendered to Sir Eardley Wilmot, Bart., and the other Members of the House of Commons, who last evening advocated by their speeches and their votes the cause of the abolition of the apprenticeship in the British Colonies. W. T. BLAIR, Chairman. The resolutions moved last night by Sir GEORGE GREY, were carried by a majority of 72. Sir GEORGE opened the debate in a clever and forcible speech, and it only required a good cause to elevate it into a masterly performance. The part which told hest was his reference to the proceed ings of Parliament during the present Session, which made those Honourable Members who prefer personal feelings to a conviction of what is due to the public welfare, vote in favour of resolutions which confirmed their own previous conduct. His reference to the patience of the Negroes, and to the readiness with which they listen to the advice of the Baptist Missionaries, only strengthened the conviction that it is unjust to continue such men in a state of bond age, while it an oke some curious reflections as to who may possibly be the real master of the Negroes when they are wholly emancipated. As one great' utility of a National Church, according to Dr. CHALMERS, is to establish a good police in the land, and as the great ad vantage of the union between Church and State is to enlist the endowed clergy on the side of authority, we venture to recommend the planters to contract an alliance as speedily as possible with the Bap tist Missionaries, and endow them handsomely, as the best method to preserve their authority over the willingly obe dient congregations. Sir G. GaLY was followed by Sir E. WrLmoT, who de fended himself against the charge of being influenced by party feelings, and moved as an amendment, that his former resolution ought to be carried into effect. Mr. VILLIERS again seconded Sr. EARDLEY, in a sensible and vigorous speech. Mr. BARRON and Mr. Sergeant JACKSON changed characters, and wonderful to tell, the latter opposed and the former advocated the continuance of oppression. Mr. HUTTON and Sir CHARLES GREY were in favour of slavery under the name of apprenticeship. Mr. WARD was against it ; and Mr. ELI.ICE avowed that he was determined to disregard the prayers and supplications of his Coventry constitutents. Sir ROBERT INGLIS spoke against the plan ters, and voted to reward them. Mr. BAINES made a useful business-like speech. The debate was however lan guidly carried en till Sir ROBERT PEEL stood up for the sacredness of the compact of 1833, and the superior value of the testimony of the planters and governors to that given by disinterested observers. Mr. O'CONNELL replied to the Baronet in an animated speech, and Lord STANLEY, not forgetting to throw in a spice of his amiable personalities against Mr. O'CONNELL, followed that gentleman. He took the side of the Government evi dently looking to the responsibility to which he again ex pects speedily to be burdened as Colonial Minister. Dr. LusmNoToN spoke amidst many expressions of impatience, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL in a short and temperate speech wound up the debat e . The majority wa s against the friends of the negroes, but the who proceeding has pro moted a righteous cause. As Mr. VILLIEns s:ate.l on the last debate, no great public benefit is ever obtained at t h e h an d s of the Legis lawn Jot by agitation : and the present rgitation has 7 1 '. 1 4 . 1) ,• - 1 -c .0 ) o Zlle WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW . INCORPORATED. LONDON : TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1838. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 183* drawn from the House of Commons a declaration " that no means are to be omitted which can tend to secure to the negro population of her Majesty's Colonies the privi leges to which they are entitled under the Act for the abolition of Slavery." If Ministers had in the first instance proposed some resolution of that kind, and had shown a disposition voluntarily to ensure jus:ice for the slaves, rather than to side with the planters ; and if they had openly stated that the present system, having been established, to last till 1840, all their plans, and all the plans of the Colonial Legislatures, had been adopted with a view to that period, they would have prevented much of that agitation, which has not tended, in eonjunction with their conduct, to augment their influence in the country. But when they put forward the compro mises entered into between the Ministers of 1833 and the West India interest, and between the several parties in Parliament, as an effectual bar to the progress of humanity and justice, they compelled their best friends to oppose them, and excited that agitation which has given them both trouble and alarm. What has been gained, however, is an encouragement for the friends of the negroes to persevere, and the chance victory of the 3 is an assurance that perseverance is certain, at some time or other, to obtain the advantage. The Times says " the Tories rescued the Ministers from the mire ;" in fact the Tories were before wallowing in it and stepping on them, the Ministers reached the dry-ground of a majority. We can almost rejoice at the success which keeps the Tories deep in their own slough. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did avow respect for some of the agitators—Sir ROBERT PEEL disdained to Sill/Wit to Exeter Hall. Formerly the Tories called public meetings a farce, and now Exeter Hall, backed by 3,000 petitions, a ith upwards of a million signatures, is usurping the power of Parliament. We have looked of late with sonic anxiety to see the Eight Hon. Baronet notice certain proceedings at Exeter Hall, by dis countenancing which he would have earned the approbation of all good men ; but as long as it was occupied by the champions of intolerance, as long as they were inflaming religious bigotry in order to place political power in the hands of the Tories, Sir ROBERT PEEL silently approved. When its diseussionswent to keep alivenational and religious animosities, he was dumb ; but he derides them the instant they are directed to promote the good of mankind, to nourish Christian feelings and brotherly love, and chain up the arm of the oppressor. The mire then out of which the Tories have so condescendingly helped the Ministers, is that in which the Tories have wallowed all their political lives, contempt for the public ; and having now again fixed the Tories in it chin deep, ,ve hope that the Ministers will not once more plunge in it to keep them company. We see in the debate another evidence of a great advan tage gained for the people. Driven to defence, the Tories are obliged to propound sound doctrines, though in behalf of a race of oppressors. Sir ROBERT PEEL argued against giving the apprentices immediate freedom, because that would be a punishment for some just and indulgent masters. He could not consent to a penalty from which all the innocent were not excluded, and in which all the guilty were not comprehended. How nicely careful was this legislator for the planters, though he condemned the whole of the in nocent apprentices to suffering ; and. when lie next advo cates a Coercion Law for Ireland, a suspension of the Habceas Corpus, or any other favourite Tory scheme, to diminish the public liberties, or punish a whole nation for the faults or crimes of few, we shall remind him and the whole of his party of his last night's doctrines : we shall insist—on his principle that it is wrong to make a law ap plicable to all the planters, because only a great majority of them have been oppressors and tyrants—that it is monstrous to propose an oppressive law for a whole nation, because a very small minority have been foolish or criminal, Dire must be the apprehensions of the Orange landed aristocracy of Ireland, respecting the effects of the proposed Poor-law for that country, if sve may infer the extent of their fears from the rancour of their denunciations of that measure in the House of Lords last night. Lord Ronaa's iterror of the POPE is nothing compared with the shrinking horror with which he contemplates the future state and dignity of a Poor-law Commissioner - seated in College-green, as potent for good as the magnates of the land are for evil. Their Lordships looked aghast when the Noble Earl cor roborated the discovery made by Lord LYNDHURST, that !sh e Bill gave the Commissioners an unlimited power of taxing property for the relief of the destitute ; forgetful of 'the fact that such a power is claimed and exercised by four-fifths of the landlords of Ireland in the shape of rack rent exactions, not to relieve distress, but to support extra vagance, and to foster vice. The power of the rich to grind the faces of the poor, in order that they may spend their lives in one round of heartless dissipation, in a country where their cars cannot be pained with the groans of their victims, excites no indignation in the breasts of our hereditary Legis lators ; but the instant it is proposed to establish the right of the starving poor to a morsel of bread and a temporary shelter from the inclemency of the weather, they are up in arms, astounded at the wickedness of an age cpable of sanctioning such an invasion of what they are pleased to call the inviolability of property. The death of 'a poor family of starvation is nothing compared with the terrible idea of compelling a lady of rank to give up her box at the opera, and her attendance at the morning concerts of all the musical amateurs of a fashionable metropolis. Lord RoDEN all but melted his noble audience into tears by citing the case of an Irish gentleman reduced to the necessity of subsisting on five hundred a year, although his rent-roll was equal to as many thousands. Were the poor the causes of so large a defalcation ? Did the tenantry withhold their rents, or the gentleman in question expend them in providing for the wants of the destitute ? Not at all. The property was mortgaged—one of the usual consequences of bad manage ment and extravagance. It would have been easy to cite the cases of half a million of honest peasants in Ireland who, for more than thirty weeks in the year are without two regular meals a clay of potatoes and salt ; but we doubt much whether the recital of their unmerited priva tions, would touch the hearts of the Peers so forcibly as the poor gentleman with the long rent roll and the lank purse. At all events, we are persuaded that it would be an easier task to induce them to legislate for the augmentation of the five hundred a-year for the individual, than for increasing by another meal of potatoes the physical comforts of half a million of their starving fellow countrymen. There must be something radically vicious in the state of a society capable of tolerating such glaring perversions of the principles of justice as were exhibited in the House of Lords last night. To hear th e r i g h t o f the conmunity to preserve th e lives its members by taxation called in question by indi= viduals claiming for themselves the privilege of oppressing them by p rec i se l y t h e same process, is to witness the de plorable extent to which the idea of hereditary distinc tion is capable of warping and impairing the judgment., It seems never to h ave occurre d to L or d s R OD EN am_ WICK - LOW, that the right of the labourer to the means of comfortable subsistence is the strongest of all rights—a right which in a wholesome state of society would take precedence of all others. The proposed Poor-law Bill—supposing it to be as bad as Lords Loa- DONDERRY, WICKLOW, RODEN, FITZWILLIASI, and FITZGERALD, last night represented it to be—confers no more power upon the Poor-law Commissioners than is claimed for their own sole benefit by all the Landlords in Ireland ; and it is precisely because the Irish landlords have exercised this power, in a manner the most tyrannical and oppressive, that they now cry out against the esta blishment of a merciful counteracting principle. We are far from being satisfied with the conduct of the supporters of this Bill in the Upper House. They have not taken any high ground in their advocacy of the right of tile people of Ireland to the protection of a Poor-law. They seem to shrink from admitting the principle in its fullest extent ; and are consequently driven to defend their own measure on the plea of expediency alone. But even here they are weaker than we deemed it possible for them to be—supposing them to have paid due regard to the information furnished by the Commissioners. They appear not to be sensible of tile stimulus which the first operation of a Poor-law would give to industry in a country so abounding in unexplored mines of wealth as Ireland. The Peers on all sides, with the sole exception of Lord Meaßooltar, have taken a narrow and imperfect view of this question. They see not an inch beyond their own pockets, and consequently they are blind even to their personal interests. A good i t n h t e o l i o t c ; al rate ; the value of Poor Law would do more to tranquillize Ireland than a standing army fifty thousand strong. Ireevlaenryddoinsctreitertaun,oquulidl, would be bene linancrde,aasned,property, would rapidly , e ca n p eo it u a r l a i g n e ab in u d n u d s a t n ry c , e t w o o d u irn ld ir fl ,i o s w h se themselves fitted in an almost equal ratio with the people. andee every other the descript ion landlord st e f m The whole of the Paris Journals of Sunday have been received, but their contents are of no political interest. In the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday a very warm debate took place on the presentation of a petition from the editor of the Echo du Peuple, a Journal published at Poitiers, complaining of a violation of his personal liberty. The petition set forth that the editor had been the subject of twenty-four Government prosecutions for violations of the laws relating to the Press, and that on every occasion a Jury had solemnly adjudged him innocent ; that the last time he was imprisoned six months before trial, and that no redress was offered him when his innocence was established. He therefore prayed the Chamber for redress and protec tion. If the statements set forth in this petition be proved correct, they will not fail to have a serious effect upon the popularity of the Government. The following are extracts from the Journals : We have received the following from Algiers, of May 19 :--" Marshal Vallee, whose health seemed to be sensibly improved, is dangerously ill. It is feared that at all events he will be obliged to return to France." The Phare de 13a.yonme of the :4th says :—" Munagorri arrived yes. terday at Bayonne, coming from Sare on the eastern frontier."—Coz stitntionn cl. A letter from Sarragossa of the 21st informs us that a Carlist expe dition of twelve battalions and eight squadrons had arrived at Verdun in Upper Arraion on the 19t h In the evening. According to this letter Don Carlos and the Infant Don Sebastian were with this column, and on the other hand we learn from Jaca that the Carlists have plunder ed Salvatierra, Villa Heal, Majoris, and Gionstala. They carried off whatever they could find, and committed odious excesses. The unfortunate inhabitants have to regret the loss of the principal persons among them, whom the Carlists have taken away with them. The Phare de Bayonne of the 24th inst. has the following letter : " BMW:3A, Ma , : 25.—The inhabitants of Biscay, who arc under the power of the Carlists, are treated with extreme rigour, in order to ex tort from them the payment of the forced loan which has lately been imposed on them by the Pretemler to satisfy his troops. Several inha bitants of Elorrio, taxed at sums of 10,000 to 20,000 francs, and who cannot now realize the trifle of 50 francs, have been thrown into dun geons and loaded with ill treatment."—Le Commerce, May 27. According to our letters from the frontiers of Spain, it appears that the Chrlstinos are going to send a great part of their force into Arragon. Their intention is supposed to be to besiege Morella and Cantavieja, but we have already stated Cabrera is manoeuvring to protect those two places. This is doubtless the ground of the movement which he has lately made, and which was mentioned in the last telegraphic dispatch. —Gazette de France. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) The Craven Stakes of 10 sous. each ; three years old, 6st. : four, Bst ; five, Bst. 91b. ; six, 9st. 21b. ; and aged, 9st. 51b. The lass mile and a quarter. LOrd Suffield's Caravan Marquis of Westminster's Richard Roe Lord G. Bentinek's Seth Mr. Rayner's Quo Minus Mr. Bond's Young Kean Lord Exeter's Hybiscus ..Pavis Won cleverly. The Woodcote Stakes of 30 sovs. each, h. ft. ; two yrs old colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Sit. 31b. Last half mile. Mr. Worrall's Peon Captain Gardnoes Actaeon The Shirley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for three years old; colts Bst. 71b ; fillies, Sst. 41b. One mile. Sir G. lieathcote's Tawney Owl Lord Stradbroke's Beggarman Won easy. RESTORATION OF CHARLES II Chapple This being the day appointed — for the commemoration of the Restora tion of King Charles the Second to the throne of these kingdoms, the Speaker of the House of Commons, accompanied by several Members, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and other officers of the House, attended divine service at St Margaret's, Westminster, where an excellent sermon was preached by the Right Hon. Gentleman Chaplain, from the 139th Psalm, 3d verse :—" Thou compassest my path, and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways." ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) WESTMEATH. The Committee met at Eleven o'Cock Mr. THESSIGER then at great length opened his case, on the applica tion for a commisson to examine witnesses in Ireland, calling evidence to prove the immense expense which would otherwise he incurred. The arguments on this application can hardly be concluded to.day. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY. TOWNSIIEND V. TOWNSUEND. The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning with the arguments in this case, which came before the Court upon motion and petition for the purpose of rectifying a settlement made under the Order of the Court, and also for the purpose of vacating the enrolment of that Order. The arguments had not concluded when we left. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(' RIS DAY DEAL, MAY 28.—Came down from the river and sailed the Argus, Barclay, for the South Seas. The Pegasus barque was towed down by steam, and remains in the Downs, seven p.m. POkTSMOHTH, MAY 2.B.—Wind S.S E., fine. PLYMOUTH, MAY 27.—Wind S.S. W. FALMOUTH, MAY 9.7.—Wind E., strong gales.—Arrived the Hawk, Norris, from Lisbon ; and Devon (Naval Lighter),Martin, from Passages. Arrived off the Bremen, packet, from Baltimore. Mem.— . 3 , boat be longing to the brig Enterprise, of Montrose, in going to the ship with water and supplies last week upset, and the master (Wyllie), carpenter, and a seaman were drowned. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28. —Wind E., fresh,—Arrived the Forth, Glynn, from Buenos Ayres; Rose, Flanders, from New Orleans ; Russell, Robins, from ditto ; Charlotte, Fisher, from Savannah ; Abercromby, Ure, from Charleston ; Hibernia, Cobb, from New York ; Triton, from Smyrna. Arrived off the Fatima, from Calcutta ; Argo, from Natchez ; Valhalla, from ditto; Manchester, from Savannah ; and Orlando, from ditto. Speakings—the Ina, from Jamaica to London, was spoken with on the 14th April in lat. 23 2d., long. 86.; and the Smales, from Bor dean to Quebec, on the 13th May, in lat. 45, lon 27, by the Governor. RAMSGATE, MAY 28.—Arrived of, the Adelgunde, Ahvensfield, from St. Jago de Cuba. HASTINGS, MAY 28.—Arrived off, the Edward Brandt, Happ, Trieste. SIIOREHANI, MLY 28.—Arrived the Einigkeit, Shiloff, from Memel. DARTMOUTH, MAY2B —Arrived off, Ticldyman, from Charleston. SALCOMBE, MAY 27.—Arrived off, the Heinrich, Johann, Havannah. STA RCROSS, MAY 28.—Arrived the Aurora, Wilkins, from Memel. Witt rEHAVEN, MAY 28.—Arrived the Lady Steward, from Antigua. CORK, MAY 26.—Arrived the Alexander, John Arthur, from Messina. Arrived off, the Murray, Jamaica ; Duchess of Portland, Trinidad, BELFAST, MAY :M.—Arrived the Emulous, Davidson, from Demerara; Hunter, Clay, from Oporto. ALISRDEEN, MAY 26.—Arrived the llenrietta Lisette, from Rostoell Marea, Lunds, from Konigsburg. Hour., MAr•2B.—Arrived the Sustasa, Kala, from Copenhagen; Aurora, Watt, from Memel ; Swinemunde, Knaack, from Ditto. WELLS, MAY 28.—Arrived the Blakeney, Porter, from Stettin. YARMOUTH, MAY 27.—The Vigilant, Lowne, for Newcastle, has put back leaky. 28.—Arrived the Racehorse, Punchard, Hamburgh. DOVER, MAY 25. Arrived off, the Calypso, Smith, the M.iuritiuf. Bfrneon•r, Msr 28.—Arrived the Vestas Gallatin, from Memel. COWES, MAY 27.—Arrived, the William and Henry, Angus, from Havanna). OF run WlGHT.—Arrived, the Argosy, Plumer, from Havanna!). DARTMOUTH, MAY 26.--Arrived off, Charles, Le Grand, Rio Janeiro. JEasnr, MAY 25.—Arrived, the Surprise, Pirouette, Punambuco• The Diana, Stranghan, from Rotterdam to Riga, was wrecked near King Kedping, 13th inst. Crew saved. The City of Durham, from Hartlepool, put into Stromness very leaky, bound to Miramichi. HARWICH, MAY 9.6.—The schooner Gem,. of Hull, from thence to Rotterdam, with a general cargo, came into this port last night with as. instance, having been ashore on Hasborough Sand, and must discharge o repair. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), 7'IVELVE O'CLOCK. We have another blank day in respect to intelligence—ouly one foreign mat!, with three arrivals of ship letters. This being settling day in the British and Foreign Markets, the brokers and Jobbers are chiefly occupied in settling their accounts, which go off well: The extreme fluctuation in Consols during the t.ccount has been about 1 I- per Cent. _ _..... Consols opened this morning at the same prices they left off yester day, 94, , s II for Account; and for the 17th July, 941- 1; Exchequer Bills, 62 64 premium; India Bonds, 64 67 premium; Bank Stock, 2041 2051. In the Foreign Market they are also occupied in adjusting their differences, paying and receiving the balances which we understand are not extensive, and to all appearance the Account will go off well. Spanish Active, 21 Z I with Coupons ; Portuguese 35 to 36 ; Three Per Cents. 241; Brazilian, 801 SI; Mexican, 261 to 27 ; Columbian, 27 % ; Dutch Tsso.and.a.half per Cents. 54! 1. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY Al ONE O'CLOCK Rank Stock 2 per Cel.t. Bet:. • 3 Per Cent. Cons 0-134% , South Sea. Stock . — 31 4 l , er Cent._ ~....... ......... Old Anarnti,s ___ Ditto Red. .. 101 Is 14, New Ditto New 3% per Cent..... ........ 102% % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 175 t .- N , VP 5 per Cent... - Exch. Bills, £l, , 0' 64 66 urn Baik LongA.r.nultlestoexpire Ditto Soo 64 66 pm Jan. 5, Nilo_ Oct. 10, icisu ! Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, iy(so - l Ditto Advertises' pm, J an. 5, Itiiio ......... April 5, 15.40 —l India Stock for Account — Jan. 5. I'7o — , Corso!, for Account 94 3 / 2 3 4 PRICES OF SII A RES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bru Paid. ish Iron Company Birmingham and Derby Railway Co mpany 3 OO Dublin anti Kilkenny Railway Company Brighton Rail .ray Company Londoo, and illackwall Railway L• radon and Birmingham Railway Compariy 9O s unchester and Birmingham Railway 7 Midland Counties Railway Company 2O Asphalte, Claridge's Patent .. Do. Liverpool 2 Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac Do. Pelmiccau ... General Steam Navigation Company ....., l3 Provincial Mink of Ireland 25 Ditto New Union Bank of tAuiralia _ 7 1 4 ...., lO _ _._ Per hare. !O 2414 : O W4 B Vic 5% 174!.;, 8,4 2% 22 43 174 11% HALF-PAST ONE. W e still continue in the same dull state as in the early part of the morn. i ng , without any arrivals of the least importance, which causes the various funds to remain inactive. The settling of the Consol Account is going off easy, although money is rather in demand at 2 % per cent. Consols during the morning have reached 041 for the Account, at present may be quoted 9411 for next Account; - Exchequer Bills 64 66 ; I n di a B onds 64; Bank stock 20415 ; India ditto 2691 70. There being no heavy account to settle in the Foreign Market, there is every appearance it will terminate without any failures. Spanish Ac tive, 211, with Coup ons ; Portuguese, 35j ; Three per C en t s , 2 -1 ; Dutch Two-ancha-Half, THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .05 India Stock .70 3'per Cent. Red 03% Ditto Bonds 7O 3 per Cent. Cons 94% Ditto Old Annuities — 3 .', per Cent Ditto New Annuities 324 per Cent.er Cent IO2N, ' Ditto 50'1 (6 p r. Long A n n uities to expir e Ditto , 5001 t'6 pr-, Jan 196' Oct. ISA Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent 106 , Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent.. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto B raz ilian Bonds 80% Prussian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent......, Russian Bonds, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent - -Ditto, Metallic — Colombians, 6 per cent — Spanish , 5 per. ce n t 2 1% Ditto, 1824 27%lDitto, Consolidated i Danish, 3 per cent Greek' Ponds, 1825, 5 Per cent — E xc h ange (1 M ex ican, 5 per cent. — French, 3 per cent Ditto,per cent, IRS — Dutch. —c Peruvian, 2% per cent, 54% 182 , 5,6 per cent 100% (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES. -(THIS DAY). Birmingham and Derby Railway 24i Dublin and Kilkenny Railway 0,4 ~,,,. London and Brighton Itailw ay , London and Blackwall R a il way 8 1, London and Birmingham R a il way 5175 London and Greenwich Railway London and Southampton (N ew) 15 28 Manchester and Birmingh am R ailway 81i Midland Counties Railway 16 Northern and Eastern Railway . 5 North Midland Railway National Loan Fund ..... rNi „, a 3 NEGRO EMANCIPATION. MEETING OF DELEGATES (THIS DAY.) The Delegates again assembled this morning at ten o'clock, at Brown's Hotel; Mr. BLAIR in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said, one of the first duties which devolved upon the Delegates this morning was to record some expression of their feelings on the result of the debate of last night; and as it was desirable that any resolutions to which they might come should appear in The Sun of this evening, he would suggest that no time should be lost in proceed ing to business. He then read a sketch of some resolutions which he had drawn up, and proposed to submit them to a Committee for revision. I`,lr. :'I•AS;SFIP.I.D, of Belfast, thought the present Ministry entirely un worthy of regard, but at the same time he considered the leaders of the opposition to be equally so, and there was no hope of justice from either party.—(Hear, hear.) The Christian portion of the community knew not to which party to give their support. They could not expect anything at the hands of those who were now scrambling for office. — (Hear hear.) And it was a still more grievous thing to be disappointed by those who had been borne into power by public opinion. —(Hear, hear.) He trusted there would be something emphatic in the resolutions. Mr. BOULTBEE concurred with the Chairman as to the appointment of a Committee for the purpose of drawing up the necessary resolutions) This was a most momentous crisis, and the repressntatives of the people were called upon to express their opinions freely. It was a lamentable thing to see the planters so infatuated with their own trade and mystery as to be anxious to keep the negroes in bondage; but it was still more mortifying that they should have been so unsuccessful with the Government, who had submitted to be the abject slaves of a small body of planters, who, as a body, had nothing to recommend them but avarice, oppression, injustice, and murder, and every thing that could disgrace mankind.—(Hear, hear.) The planters were smeared with the blood of their fellow-creatures from head to foot. If there was one thing more painful to his mind than another, it was that a member of the house of Russell should be the most conspicuous, daring, and infatuated man who had stood forward as the leader of these atrocities. He could hardly imagine that infatuated man to be a descendant of that noble house, and almost thought that, in the time of infancy, the real heir had been takenfrom his cradle, and this unhappy man substituted--(Laughter) —because a man with the blood of Russell in his veins would scarcely have adopted the disgraceful and horrible conduct which Lord John Russell had done—(Cheers)—and this, too, when the public opinion had been expressed more strongly on this subject than on any other. This opposition to the voice of the people was very bad policy, so far as re spected the continuance of the Ministry in office. When Lord Grey and his party were turned out the people raised their voice as one man, and drove the Great Captain of the Age, with the cunningest politician for his aid-de-camp, from the ground they had taker, in about the same time that the said Great Captain drove Napoleon from Waterloo, and would do the same again if they considered it worth while. He would now say a few words as to the consequences. It seemed clear that if one-half the negroes were emancipated on the Ist of August, it would be impossible to continue to hold the other half in slavery; and in this opinion he was confirmed by everything which he heard from the colonies. The black population was to the white as 15 to 1 ; and if they determined to adopt a passive resistanccl, they must either succeed or lead to a rebellion, and then the probability was that the planters would lose not only their incomes but their property also.—(Hear, hear.) He could not conceive why men should so set themselves forward in defiance of all the dictates of religion and morality, as the majority of the House of Commons had done ; and his opinion was that a public declaration should now be agreed to by the delegates, stating that they would use all their influence against them, and on no, account support them when they should again appeal for the suffrages of the people.—(Hear.) If there had been at this time any probability of a change in the Adminis tration, instead of a minority of 72, there would have been a majority of three times that amount on the division which took place last night.— (Hear.) Another question to which he wished to advert was the subject of the sugar bounties. There had been a great clamour about the twenty millions, but that was a mere drop in the ocean, compared with the sugar bounties. The interest on the twenty millions, at five per cent., would be one million; but colonial produce taxed the country to the amount of four millions—so that we were taxed to the amount of one hundred millions, and net twenty millions, by this unprincipled system.—(Hear.) If there was no combination to support the West Indians against fair and open trade, the demand for our manufactures would be such as to give employment to not less than than a million families in the country, at the rate of 464 a year, whilst many were now starving on the miser ableallowance of only ss. per week. There was nothing which would so much benefit the poorer classes in this country as a step of this kind. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. G. THOMPSON said the first question to be considered by the as sembled delegates was, what was the precise nature of their position, and next what was the course which their present circumstances dic tated tobe taken, for the purpose of still advancing that cause in which they had certainly sustained a Parliamentary -defeat, but in which it should be recollected they were daily achieving great conquests. lie agreed with the gentleman who had just sat down, that the several ques tions which lie had brought under their notice should be laid fairly be fore the public, in connection with the question of immediate emanci pation. There were several things which were requisite to be done un der the present aspect of affairs. A Bill was at present before the Upper House for the immediate extinction of the system. It was their duty to support that Bill which Lord Brougham would lay before the House, by petitions; and on that occasion ample scope would be given for the full discussion of the question, for Lord Brougham was not a man to be dismayed by anything which had taken place in the other House.— (Cheers.) If there had been a general election in prospect, the dele gates could have made converts by hundreds. They need not then have appealed to judgment, and conscience, and reason and principle, which would have been all out of the quesiion. They would only have had to gently hint that in a short time they would be called on to make ano ther House of Commons, and then every man would have spoken and voted in the prospect of hundreds around the hustings who were as sembled either to bring him into Parliament, or some other man who would act more in conformity with the dictates of honesty and truth. The House of Commons now presented one of the most pitiable spectacles that he had ever witnessed.—(Hear, hear.) He could not contrast the treatment which the assembled Delegates had received, with the treat ment which some six, or twelve, or twenty West Indians received, without blushing for the House of Commons, and especially for . her Majesty's Ministers, who had been rescued from destruction by the interposition of another party, who, hating them and their principles, amt banded to oppose them whenever they appeared to be the friends of the human race, had come to their rescue simply because they were opposed to the Christian principle and feeling of an enlightened and holy-minded people.—(Cheers.) Under these circumstances what were they to do? lie said let the country be appealed to, to call on every man who had voted contrary to the views of his constituents to resign his seat.—(Loud cheering.) As they had been beaten by the West Indians in Parliament, he did not see why they should be called upon to pay their money ignorantly, and he, therefore, recommended that efforts should be directed to enlighten the public mind on the system of fraud which was pursued by the planters, who were taking the money out of the pockets of the people with one hand, and with the other wielding the cat. o'-nine-tails over the unfortunate slaves. —(Hear, hear.) There was one circumstance which ought to yield some encouragement, and that was that they had not during the last six months laboured in vain—they had achieved enough to recompenie them a thousand times over for the sacrifices they had made; and it was cheering to find that even the West Indies were going ahead of her Majesty's Ministers.—( Applause.) Let it go to the world that the de feat sustained last night was effected by a wicked union of the great parties in the House of Commons—(Cheers)—for the purpose of over throwing the will and wish of the country. Let Ministers boast of their triumph ; their triumph was stained. It was to them no triumph. They had been saved by their enemies. —(Hear, hear.) They had been plucked from the jaws of destruction as a Ministry by the interposition of those who cherished towards linens upon political matters a deadly and irreconcilable hatry—they stood on the pedestal which they now occupied sustained not by the people, but by their enemies. Let their enemies withdraw their help, and they would fall into that infamy which this act at least deserved, if they were not redeemed from irreclaimable censure and destruction by the nobler deeds which stood recorded in their favour .—(Cheers.) Mr. 'Thompson concluded by moving the appointment of a Committee to draw the resolutions necessary to be sub• mated to the meeting. After a few remarks from Mr. Srtioss, the resolution was iman mously agreed to. Mr. HAWA RD said that much had already been gained by the agita tion. Complete manumission was now certain in some of the islands at least ; and th4r great object would be gained, unless the planters suc ceeded in provoking some kind of insurrection.—(Hear, hear.) All their efforts, therefore, should be exerted to induce the negroes to yield a patient submission to the laws —(Hear, hear.) Mr. STANFIELD, Delegate from Cork, said that an Irish Member,_who had withheld his vote from the emancipationists on former occasions, voted for them last night, because he fat convinced that if the present system were persisted in, after the decision upon Sir E. Wilmot's motion, reached the colonies, blood and slaughter would be the consequence, especially if the-Government lent the aid of the military to coerce the negroes.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. 13aisms was satisfied that great good had been achieved by the friends of the negro, and that there was no ground for discouragement. The Government said that they had been for years endeavouring to obtain from the Colonial Legislatures competent enactments to provide for the condition of the negro after the termination of the apprentice ship. But it was only within a few days that any thing had been done ; and that was done by the friends of the negro-- not by the Government, which had by its own confession so long striven in vain to effect such measures. Surely, then, they have reason to be consoled for their defeat.—(Hear, hear.) They had also secured, at all events, the rights and freedom of 300,000 persons.— (Hear.) They had also carried the Order in Council to be sent out to the Crown colonies, by which the allowance of food was raised from a pint and a half of flour to three pints daily. That alterations would never have been heard of, had they not pointed out to the Government the wrong which was done.—(Hear.) Therefore, their agitation had done much good. Although there was only a smaller body of 300 or 400 Delegates, yet that delegation had stretched its arm across the At lantic, and in so many instances placed a sufficient meal upon the negro's platter.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member concluded by en _ couraging and exhorting the Delegates to persevere, and not to be dis couraged by the defeat of last night. Mr. GILBERT from Nottingham, said that the conduct of those who voted with the Government yesterday, was opposed to truth and justice. It was disgusting to hear the hypocritical professions of compassion for the negroes, which were put forth by these Honourable Gentlemen, as he supposed they called themselves.—(Hear, hear.) The arguments which were used by them, shewed that they must be either the most ignorant of men or the most unworthy of trust.—(hear,. hear.) He knew very well that Irish Gentlemen were afraid to lose the present Ministry, and so far as Ireland was concerned, the loss would be to be regretted—but he did not care a straw for them, for all the good they did to England—(Hear, hear)—and if they should go out, he would very cheerfully bid " good bye " to them.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Th e y h a d lost all confidence by their disregard of the principles of morality and justice; and by supporting a system of complicated robbery and torture. They talked of planters who had carried into effect the enactments of the Abolition Act—but they had never pointed to a single instance in proof that any planters had done so. They had nothing but purr imaginings to show against the immense mass of facts which were produced, to prove to what an extent the Act h a d been violated.— (Hear, hear.) He had seen in a newspaper a letter from Mr. Smith, endeavouring to prove that the arguments of Mr. Bulwer were contra dictory; because Mr. Bulwer said that the planters were responsible for the acts of the Colonial Legislatures, who represented them; and at the same time declared, that the people of England were opposed to the Government on this question, and were not responsible for the acts of the Parliament, in which their feelings were not represented. But the fact was, the voice of the people of Great Britain and Ire. land had proclaimed that the Parliament did not, on this ques tion, of" H ear, h ear. ") B u t was thi s ttliien, Pr ca r s e ei e n se J n a t m t a h i e c i a r fe,lleali'rb' adoes, or British Guiana 2—(Hear, hear ) There was nothing connected with the present state of the question Y more th a n th e a ll eged necessity for vagrant laws, after ft ex e c r i t t i c , d e theirs iemanoxfapprenticeship expired.—(Hear, hear.) He re_ membered what vagrant laws were at the Cape—(Hear, hear)—and feared that they would be made in the West Indies an instrument of robbing the ncgro of his liberty after 1840 as much as before,—(Hear, hear.) As to the Ministers, it was said that they had gained for themselves im mortal honour by passing the Reform Bill, and by emancipating the negroes ; but, in fact, they had done every thing in their power to mar the good effects of those measures. —(Hear, hear,) Mr. STANFIELD (delegate from Cork) said that as an Irishman he had hitherto been a supporter of the Government, but he should cease to do so, when they arrayed themselves on the side of the pinker. (Hear, hear.) He was told of some " o,l l :zatY bones," which was to start up in their ta4h.) . Wit he was not the child to be imposed upon that way. In the WOCd3 of the nursry he would say— • " Get away, llawhead and Bloody Bones, krr. i o I t!, —(Great laughter Mr. Oliver, Mr. Sutton, and other delegr tes, also spoke in disapproba; tion of th.r,nduct o f t h e G overnr and the Members o f P ar liament no vutea with the Ministers. Mr. 'MARRIAGE feared that the non-prxdials would be cheated of the ir rights after the Ist of August, and strogly recommended that agencie4 should be sent nut to the Colonies to instruct them as to their full righ ts ' and to watch over their interests. Several Delegates considered the suggestion one of very great Wl' portance, and a protracted and desultory conversation took piece as to th e expediency of circulating information in a condensed form, and Bet ting meetings throughout the country to agitate the question, and to ca'l Mem bers of Parliament to account in their several constituencies, for their votes in favour of slavery. . - The CHAIRMAN said that the reason alleged by Government for c : tinuing the apprenticeship, name l y, t h at they might have t i me to P h with him for the regulati on o f t h e negroes ' future condition, was "„ him a most powe r f u l argument against the continuance—tor he ve much wished that they s h ou ld h ave no time for such a purpose. —(Hea r, hear.) There were already laws in the colonies for freemen, and tho - would be sufficient for the free negroes.—(Applause ) Captain STUART stated that he had received a subscription of 51. fr ar " a gentleman who was anxious to assist the Delegates in circulatil.fe tracts. He mentioned some c i rcumstances which showe d that tr hcar,s of their thinking and noble fellow countrymen in Ireland were. it le them, and that th e y m i g h t trust i n God and their countr y for le success of their holy cause.—(Applause.) Captain STEWART thought that the language of the delegates slionlj be as kind and conciliatory as possible, while at the same time it wa firm and independent. The Sub.Counittee having returned, Mr. BcAin, the Chairman, said that they had now prepared the principal of the resolutions, which they thought should be forthwn'' given to the public, as indicating their feelings at the recent disaP; pointment, and at the sa m e ti me the course they intended to Il lr ' u under existing circumstan ces . It wou ld b e necessary per h aps to 1 ,35 c one or two minor resolutions, but he trusted if the adoption' of such 3 course was thought necess ar y , th e d e l egates would be as short i n s tating their views as possible, as it was of the utmost importance the resolu tions should appear in the first edition of The Suet of this day. A desultory discussion thrn took place as to the wording of the resolu tions, when the following were unanimously agreed to (for which see. advertisement). The following letter was read from Lcrd Brougham amid in" b cheering:— Letter from Lord Brougham to the Anti-Slavery Delegates. " May 29, 1 833 • " Gentlemen—l grieve to say that I have no more congratulations to offer you upon the proceedings in the Commons House of Parliame l.t l upon divisions from which above fifty of your professing friends absentout themselves ; upon debates in which the advocates of justice were over: powered by clamour, in order that her enemies might come to a deer' sion without hearing her claims discussed. " It is now manifest that the representatives of the people, not spea k i: ing the people's opinion, nor h av i ng b e f ore their eyes the fear o f Mee ing their constituents, nor doubting that their conduct will be forga tte9 ' before an election comes, ha v e reso l ve d t o pursue a course wh i c h w ill this day spread disappointm en t over t h e w h o l e country, and carry dismal intu, 11, all our colonies. The pe o pl e d eserve to b e thus treated, and t h e y ever be thus treated, unless they have the sense and the firmness ima; diately to adopt effectual measures for shewi ng eac h M em b e r that conduct is closely watched, and that it will be accurately remembered months and for years, until the day of reckoning and retribution arr ive' • I know that this was the c ourse t a k en with many who flew in the f are , „ °r the country upon the memor a bl e occas i on of the Demerara M i ss i o nary persecution in 1824, and I also know that the most wholesale effects uV il : the conduct of member s were p ro d uce d b y this wise and virtuous detfr,t mination on the people's part t o spew that they would not be tre at like children, and that they w h o expecte d t h e i r conduct to be forgo tten when their representative s ' t rus t s h ou ld b e rendered up, Wo uld fir' d themselves sorely disappointed. " I am, your faithful servant, (Si g ned ) " BROUGHAM Mr. G. TIIONIPSON, in the course of th e di scuss i on as to the 10°_Poord of some of the wo r d s use d i n ' t h e resolutions, observed that he w .,. 0 , venture to say that if th e con d uct pursued by Lord Glenelg t° ya the negroes had be en a d op t e d towards any person in this coun t r y •'- party would have been impeached.—(Cheers.) Dr, MARTIN BARRY, a delegate from Edinburgh, proposed a res ticn calling upon the country to petition the Queen to dismiss her p re sent Ministers. Had th e) k nown as much of the present Ministr y thr t, e, 1 months ago as they know n ow, th e cause would not have been l os t. a r c , l was influenced by no political motives, on the contrary; it was P I. support of the present Mini s t r y th at h a d b ?en the main cause of their - ure. Mr. STURCE trusted the resolution would not be passed. Mr. G, THOMPSON thought it would be unwise to adopt the rec°- be r as it would be hopele ss t o a tt empt to produce a different effect LIP% - s o Majesty's mind from that of the Ministry, with whom she at pe ar he ir cordially to'agree. He tho ug ht th ey would not be furthering t cause by the adoption of such a resolution. Mr. BLAIR, though he most cordially concurred in the resolution, thought it would be powerless iecarried. Mr. PEASE supported th e resolution, thinking that. Ministers 11,d n or l,o been impressed with ju s t an d h umane views in the course they adopted. Dr. M. BARRY, after a short discussion, withdrew the resolution.ani Mr. STURGE observed th a t h e was authorized by Lord B 01,1: say that he should go on w i t h hi s Bill in the House of Lords."—'s,:.o- - ether A vote of thanks w as th en carr i ed to Sir E. Wilmot an d se or Members of the House of C ommons who had supported the c no — „, the the emarcipation of the negroes, and the Delegates separatel u . :_f i ouse understanding that they should mee t aga i n at the Guildhall CO-' to-morrow morning at Eleven o'clock. IRELAND. (FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, Trruns.---Another great demonstration aipoi about to take place in Kilk enn y . A meet i ng wilt be held. upon the a. of June, at Castlemarket, in th a t C oun ty , at w hi ch tent of thollsani the Tithe A es win assemble to protest against th e p er p e t uat i on of the Tithe gr i eva nCe' under any form or denomin a tio n . C o l one l Butler, one of the Mem ber' for the County of Kilkenny, has add resse d hi s const i tuents upon t he subject of Lord John Russell's Bill , o f w hi c h h e ent i rely disapproves. REFORM REGISTRY ASSOCIATION.—The meet i ng of this body cal l e d by the requisition of the Irish Me m b ers an d ot h ers, has been held, 3"'. arrangements have been made for handi ng over all the funds betwee n six and seven hundred pounds , to th e C en t ra l Board of Registratio n ' the Association organized by Mr . O'C onne ll , w h en here last, whic h j° a much more popular and efficient body . O n W e d nesday anothtr m et ing will take place, for the purpose of compl e ti ng t h e arrangements '''' the transfer. The Registry Association w ill th en pro b a bl y di sso lve. Maurice O'Connell, Esq., M.P. for Tralee, has been appointed a D e tqAul?io 6 puty Lieutenant for the County of Kerry. Dr. Coleman, R.C., Vicar - General o f th e Di ocese o f D u blin, died yesterday. The indefatigable boys of Kilkenny have called a nother meeting, t A take further steps to Reform their Corporation. The animal exhibition of Irish manufactures is at present open. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) BILLINGSGATE MARKET. , There was an ab un d ant supply of all kinds of Fish to-day, ans. 2 ,i were low. Turbot 3 s . t o 1 55.; Soles 6d. to 3s. per pair ; COd, W r Salmon Is. to 2s. lid. per lb. for very capital; Mackerel 3d. to td. 01c Lobsters I s. to 3s. each, and a brisk business done. SPIRIT MARKET. In this departm en t t h ere Is nothing whatever fresh; .and gp rri very flat. PROVISION MARKET. tict The only vari a ti on i n prices to notice is in Butter both Iris h Dutch, which have declined 2s. per cwt., upon the prices of th day week. BERMONDSEY WATER SIDE POTATO MARKET. h o The amount of potatoes up at this market during the pest 0 "we e t 3 , been 2,035 ton s . P r i ces as follows—Lowest price of York Reds , ' 70F ,1 American Natives, upto 60 5.; S cotc h , 60s. to 705.; Devoits, uP ro Jersey and ,Guernsey Blues, to 60s. ; Kent, Essex, and Sufrolk• \'‘vittd 505. to 60s. ; Kidneys, up to 70s. ; Wisbeach Blues, 5 . 5 5 . ; Whites, 50s. HUNGERFORD MARKET, i s to 5 ' . . i ; Fish to-day were in good supply, and prices low. Ct,d, . ' l , 6.- Turbot; 3s. to 15s. ; Soles, gd. to 3s. per pair ; Salmon, Is. per lb., for good. Meat in rather better demand : Beef, 6 1 -d ' ~.t Ve'" Mutton, 7d. to Ad.; Veal, 81d. to gad.; Pork, 7d. to 81 - 1. per lut;egief getables more plentiful, and, owing to rainy weather, rather c In Hay and Clover no variation in price, HAY MARKETS. j s s tiir The supplies to-day were but moderate, but as the demand ',wet' considerable, prices continue firm. Meadow Hay, 90s. to lass. ; Hay, 100 s. to 1155.; Straw, 3Ss. to 445. per load. COLONIAL MARKETS. ‘, be °' ' The 5,000 bags of Mauritius Sugar advertised for t°-clay 113 ' e d , far removed to Thursday, so that the market was considerably r elic ; ' , - or this day, as to any pressure upon it. The disposition to B ure ",, v ibli purchase is much as it was, and we should say that there is a tel i ce s, fair demand privately for those commodities that are at moderate P, g ak The public sales to-day were 200 bags Mauritius Sugar, 0,600 0 1. J 3e 0 et 141 chests Brazil, and 130 Mids. new Barbadoes ; two. small Pa rve A PI British Plantation Coffee, some small lots of Mace. and Ghig er j ; jay 2d. to o sct c, 2,043 bags Saltpetre. The great quantity of goods 'recen t o pti e ported, and the considerable quantity of goods nog. in 'the I tive' :;kll ol s the buyers to purchase as sparingly at public sales as they can. i i i 0", Sugar put up did not se ll ; and former prices ruled. and We sbnuceo.e.' that they are firm. This was the state of the & .igar Matk et ' — ; ce die ' fetched previous rates ; but the parcels were to , s ma ll to in ou l Wig' Market.—Spices realized their former value. Saltpetre was no , at ° in sale, but continues firm in price. jic t` The Imports to-day are heavy.__; '' I° •'lner :ow we have no Ol t 0 0 of Colonial produce, owing to its being the principal day at , FP! ° „,qls, ‘ t' :: Thursday we hav e 5 , 000 b ags Mauritius Sugar, 2,000 bags ilL inge` ' malted--600 bags of Coff ee o f different kid s ; 1 00 barre ls of 200 of Pim en t o, and 1,390 pockets of East India Rice. COAL rdARKET.—.May 251. 5- a.- 19 6 Per Ton. 8. .1. rer Ton. Adair's 18 6 Durham Main .............. ' 1I ; Burdon Bute's Tanfield Moor 2 ,1 0 Walls End Braddyll's Berta.. • ,- a Holywell ....2i ~ South Hartley 2O 0 Walls End Hetton ........... i;r... - 1 South Tanfield i.- . Hette l '. t 2 i, Townley 18 6 Walls End Russel Wylam 20 0 I Walls End Stewart ........ -- .. , 2 0 ri. Walls End Gnsforth Walls End Heaton 2l 0 Blythe ................................... 19 01 Walls End Hilda 2O 6 Howard's Netherton Alf , tti • . 1 9 ...' Walls End Riddell's 2l 0 Staveley Main ............. ...., Ships arrived since last market-day, 113. ---- A good business was transactedLlVEßPOOL COT in COoTNtton MARKET. the e n this da a 13 5- le% e S A l y, ~ entire being 6,000 bags, a n d p r i ces were very firm. Speculators Pu d. ; 700 about 1,000 Americ an . 15 0 Bahia, 8d ; 800 Surat, 4101 . 511 Pernam, 9d. 9id. ; 4,350 American, 54d. 74d.—Total 6,00 , 0._.........„e! 4 7 cf T. COX SAVORY Goldsmith &c , - :„,,,.... .c0rn ;1 lit , " London ( Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), info] 1115 th A e rr u E b rk that he offers SILVER WATCHES, on the celebra t ed P"'" " a teli LEVER CONSTRUCTION (the most accurate on . vhich a 1% , - ;„,.. can be made), for SIX GUINEAS EACH, with, the latest_;,, provements, i. e. the detached escapement, jewellc K 1 in four h ° ',„ ma intan• capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamelled di A l, and s — pu if reh in ase i d it ing power to continue going while winding up. Watches exchange. in n ting 'Cases, 10s. 6d. - exti :A.—Second-Poi TEAS at WHOLESALE PRICES ,, to uan - Q tities g ot less than One Pound. Black, 35., 3s. 6d., 3s. 10d., 4 $ Ismail L eaf Gunpowdler, 5 3 ' Bd. ~ 4s. 6d , ss. Young Hyson, 4s. 4d., 4s, Bd. C C h oc o ? .7o ' la d te . r r hnperial Gunpowder, ss. 4d. cwt. 88s. Buck' T. G. MANSELL and CO., Wholesale Tea-deab as, 2, lersbury, Cheapside. , ___—....e.- p i e o r d lb . . , p o o r r 1 ,lej.::wot. 75.1(.; London; P r i n t e d and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of pro. _ . ., i 112, St ran d, a t Th e S un Offi ce , No. 112, Strand,,in tire c ow ' , Widleiez.....Tuesday, May 29, 1838.